The city's Animal Welfare Department allowed dangerous dogs to be adopted by the public.

The city's Animal Welfare Department allowed dangerous dogs to be adopted by the public.

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Updated: 7:54 PM MDT Sep 5, 2015

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WEBVTT REPORT ALL DAY. MIKE: THIS 38 PAGE REPORT IS PART OF A NEARLY 6 MONTH INVESTIGATION BY THE IG'S OFFICE INTO ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. AND ROYALE NOT ONLY DOES THIS REPORT CLAIMS ANIMAL WELFARE ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO ADOPT DANGEROUS DOGS. IT ALSO CLAIMS THE DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL WELFARE WAS DID NOT PROVIDE ALL INFO THE I.G. WANTED ON DOGS DANGEROUS AROUND THE PUBLIC AND STAFF. IN MARCH, I SAT DOWN WITH ANIMAL WELFARE DIRECTOR BARBARA BRUIN WHEN THESE ALLEGATIONS FIRST CAME UP. TWO HIGH-RANKING DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE'S INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE CLAIMING UNSAFE DOGS WERE GETTING ADOPTED. ALLEGATIONS BRUIN DENIED. OUR JOB IS TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE IS SAFE ENOUGH TO BE ADOPTED AND IF THE ADOPTER KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. MIKE: BUT THIS REPORT BY THE IG'S OFFICE SUGGESTS OTHERWISE. IT FOUND DOGS WITH PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR WERE BEING RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. ONE EXAMPLE IS A DOG NAMED MUGSY MALONE. THE DOG BIT A 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN THE FACE ATTACKED A VOLUNTEER. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, BRUIN TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE DID NOT KNOW WHY THE DOG ATTACKED THE GIRL AND SUGGESTED IT ATTACKED THE VOLUNTEER BECAUSE THEY PUT THE LEASH ON WRONG. THE REPORT ALSO FOUND SOME DOGS SAW THEIR PRIMARY BREEDS CHANGED FROM SOMETHING LIKE PIT BULL TO LABS, HUSKIES AND SHEPHERDS TO INCREASE THEIR CHANCES OF BEING ADOPTED. NAMES OF THE DOGS WERE ALSO CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES. THEN THERE IS THE CLAIM BRUIN WAS NOT FORTHCOMING WITH THE I.G. ABOUT RELEASING INFORMATION ABOUT DANGEROUS DOGS. THE REPORT SAYS TWO EMPLOYEES CLAIM BRUIN TOLD THEM TO GIVE THE I.G. JUST ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SATISFY ITS INQUIRIES. BUT NOT ENOUGH TO TURN IT INTO A

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The city's Animal Welfare Department allowed dangerous dogs to be adopted by the public.